| By Yen Feng & Tan Weizhen | ||
 |  | This Tiger prawn measured 33 cm and weighs 400 grams. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE |
Now, Tanglin Best BBQ Seafood will pay the price: It must shut down for three months from April 1, and the worker who served the Americans cannot work there for one year.
This is the stiffest punishment meted out by the National Environment Agency, which regulates hawkers, against a stallholder in the past five years.
The punishment meted out on Wednesday caps an episode that has drawn much attention since it was first reported on Tuesday that six Americans, out for a taste of Singapore food on Saturday night, were charged $491 for a meal which included eight tiger prawns, some crabs, half a steamed chicken and a few bottles of beer.
At the centre of the dispute was the bill for the prawns, which came to $239.
The tourists complained to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and the NEA took up the case.
Though the stall has been punished, Mr Rigby's party will not be compensated, said the NEA. However, if they wish to pursue the case in the Small Claims Tribunal, the STB will act on their behalf.
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